Check-protector.



G. W. BEEBE.

CHECK PROTECTOR.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.8.1915.

1,252,536 Patented Jan. 8, 1918.

GAYLOBD W. BEEBE, OE -GLAYTON, GEORGIA-.

CHECK-PROTECTOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 8, 1%18.

Application filed January 8, 1915. Serial No. 1,133.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GAYLORD W. BEEBE, citizen of the United States, resident of Clayton, county of Rabun, State of Georgia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Check-Protectors, of which the following is a specification.

My inventlon relates to that class of machines for protecting checks, drafts, or other instruments, in which the upper and under surface of the paper is abraded or roughened by means of the cooperation of dies or similar devices having opposing faces between which the paper is fed.

The object of my present invention is to provide means for inking the abrading de vice which engages the under surface of the check or other paper to the end that the ink will be forced into the fiber of the paper from beneath and cooperate most effectually with the inking devices above the paper to prevent any possible chance of the marks or characters being changed or obliterated.

The invention consists generally in providing a means for inking the cutting or abrading surface of the die that is mounted to engage the under surface of the paper.

In the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification,

Figure 1 is a plan view of a check protector embodying my invention,

Fig. 2 is a transverse view of the same,

Fig. 3 is a detail sectional view, showing the means for marking and abrading and inking the upper and under surface of the check or other instrument,

Fig, 4: is a sectional view on the line mm of Fig. 3,

Fig. 5 is a detail view illustrating a modified construction of my attachment,

Fig. 6 is a detail view illustrating still another construction.

In the drawing, 2 represents the frame of the check protector, having a suitable cover 3, inking rolls 4 and 5, mounted above the vase, and a die member 6, horizontally mounted on a shaft 7 and bearing on its face a group of figures or characters that it is desired to impress upon the check, draft or note. A slot 8 is formed under the cover 3 above the base, through which slot the check or other paper to be marked is inserted. Rods 9 and 10 are mounted at one side of the base on which a suitable shelf 11 is hung to support the outer end of the check when the opposite end is thrust into the space beneath the marking 'dies of the machin preparatory to its operation. 12 is a crank, operatively connected with the marking die by means of which the die is revolved to contact with and impress the paper, the face of the die having been previously inked by engagement with the rolls 4 and 5.

In addition to marking the upper surface of the check or draft, it has'been found desirable to mark the underside also, and a grooved wheel 13 is therefore provided, supported by a shaft 14 and having a peripheral surface made up of a series of sharp edges adapted to contact with the under surface of the check or other paper opposite the point of contact of the one above and usually below the impression of the figures or characters made in the check. This wheel serves to crease and in some cases cut through the paper and mark or corrugate it to such an extent that it is practically impossible without detection to raise or make any alterations in the figures when once the check or other instrument has been passed through the machine.

To supplement, however, this protective feature of abrading or creasing the underside of the paper, I provide a carrier 15, or other support, mounted by a suitable set screw 16 on a bracket 17. A boss 17' is provided on the bracket 17 with which one end of the carrier 15 contacts, so that when the screw 16 is. turned up, the carrier will be forced toward the grooved wheel. This enables the user of the machine to adjust the set screw 16 to give proper tension to the inking pad. This carrier 15 contains an inking pad 18 which lies in the path of the grooved wheel 13 or its cutting surface. As

.this wheel revolves, it contacts with the inking pad, and a considerable quantity of ink is gathered up by the sharp edges and when the underside of the check is creased or lined to increase the difficulty of changing the figures or characters on the check, the ink on the wheel will penetrate the fiber of the abraded under surface of the paper so thoroughly that it will be impossible to make any change or obliteration of the figures or characters without detection. The bottom of the carrier has an opening 15 therein for convenience in applying ink to the pad.

T he inking of this wheel may be accomplished in various ways, as by the inking pad described coming in contact with the 13 and provided with pointed teeth projecting outwardly beyond said grooved wheel a sufficient distance to contact with the ink roller '20 and revolve it when the grooved wheel is revolved.'

In Fig. 6 I provide a gear 21 on the shaft of the ink roller to mesh with a similar gear 22 on a shaft of the grooved Wheel, so that as the latter revolves, the ink roller will be revolved also and bring a fresh portion of "the ink roller in contactwitli the grooved wheel. In place of the ink pad or roller, a brush or other suitable inking device may be used for applying a thin coating of the ink to the surface of the grooved roller as it revolves, to be in turn deposited by it in the fiber of the paper that is being marked. Such inking device may be mounted, as shown, or may be fastened in a suitable manner to the base of the machine. These modifications I regard, however, as so obvious that I have not thought necessary to illustrate them herein. l

I claim as my invention:

1. A check protector for impressing or imprinting characters or figures on one face only of the paper and applying ink to an abraded surface of the paper on the opposite side to the impressed characters, comprisingprinting dies to print or impress figures or characters on one face only of the paper, means for abrading or cutting the surface of the paper on the reverse side of the figures or characters so formed, and

means mounted to bear on thesurface of said abrading means for inking the same to apply ink to the abraded surface of the paper by the abrading means, said inking means being mounted to move toward or from the paper with said abrading means.

2. The combination, with the printing dies operating on one side of the paper to be marked, of an abrading device operating on the opposite side of the paper, a bracket aeaaeo wherein said abrading device is mounted, a carrier, a set screw for adjustably securing said carrier to said bracket, and an inking pad mounted in said carrier to engage said abrading device, the adjustment of said screw increasing or decreasing the pressure of said pad on said abrading device.

3. The combination, with a bracket and a die mounted therein having means for cutting or abrading the surface of a check or other instrument, of a carrier having a pad for contacting with said die and adapted to engage a boss or projection on said bracket, and an ad usting screw passing through said carrier intermediate its ends and tapped into saidbracket, the movement of said screw increasing or decreasing the pressure of said pad on said die. a

4. The combination, with the printing dies operating on one side of the paper to be marked, of an abrading device operating on the opposite side of the paper, a supportwherein'said abrading device is mounted, a carrier, and means for adjustably securing it to said support, and-an inking device mounted in said carrier, to engage said abrading device, the adjustment of said carrier increasing or decreasing'the pressure of said inking device upon said abrading dev1ce. g

5.-A check protector for impressing or imprinting characters or figures on one face only of the paper'and applying ink to an GAYLORD w. 'BEEBE.

Witnesses:

J. L. LEwIs, J. M. JOHNSON. 

